Improvement in blacking-spreaders



HUGH S. KERR.

I Improvement in BIacking-Spreade'rs.

No. 125,894 'PatentedApril23,i872..

flnesseez I 77% 6.44 i 4 HUGH KERR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BLACKING-SPREADERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,894, dated April23, 1872.

Specification describing certain Improvements inBlacking-Spreaders,.invented by HUGH S. KERR, of Philadelphia,Pennsylva- My invention relates to the mode of securing a sponge to ahandle or back for the purpose of spreading blacking on the bootpreparatory to the polishing process. It consists in securing the spongeto the back by a ring of metal encircling the middle of the sponge andfastened to the back by screws.

Referring to the drawing, Figure l is a horizontal section through thesponge on the line 8 t. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line wJ.

In Fig. 1, A is the sponge. around the center with a sharp knife, andthe ring B of thin sheet metal is inserted in the said groove. The ringis then secured to the back (3 by the screws 0'.

In blacking-spreaders as usually made the spreader is made of bristlessecured to the back 0, either in combination with a polishingbrush D orby itself, and a separate brush is used for polishing.

The advantages of the sponge are, that it It is first cut holds morewater, keeps moist longer, and is more cheaply made than a brush ofbristles. W'hen fixed in the manner herein shown it is supported andkept in shape by the back 0 and the encirclingring B. It is very easilysecured to the back of any brush which may have the spreader worn out,and it is reversible, so that the under side of the sponge can be turnedto the top when one side is hard or worn out.

I do not claim the use of a sponge for blacking-spreaders. Nor do Iclaim securing a sponge to a back by wiring the edge of it to a centralblock, as shown in I. Marshalls patent for a bathing-brush.

I claim As a new article of manufacture, a blackingspreader, made by thecombination of the sponge A and the encircling ring B, connected rigidlyto the back (J, with an intervening space between it and the back,substantially as herein described.

H. S. KERR.

Witnesses:

EDW'D. BROWN, J OHN F. GRANT.

